Woke Pope? Nope. Francis Made No News With Gay Declaration.

The hard-Left Associated Press blared “The Associated Press”. “news” From the rooftops: “Pope says homosexuality not a crime,” Then, he screamed headline On Wednesday

“Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as ‘unjust,’ saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church,” According to the leader.

“‘Being homosexual isn’t a crime,’ Francis said during an exclusive interview Tuesday with The Associated Press.”

The AP said: “Francis’ comments, which were hailed by gay rights advocates as a milestone, are the first uttered by a pope about such laws. But they are also consistent with his overall approach to LGBTQ people and belief that the Catholic Church should welcome everyone and not discriminate.”

However, the wire service included this quote from the pope towards the end of their lengthy story. “articulated the position”:

“It’s not a crime. Yes, but it’s a sin. Fine, but first let’s distinguish between a sin and a crime,” The pontiff spoke.

As President Joe Biden stated last week, about all the classified documents found in his property, “there’s no there there.”

Pope Francis long maintained that the Catholic church is open to all. Jesus Christ famously preached tolerance and understanding for all of God’s children.

According to the pope, discriminating against others is sinful. “It’s also a sin to lack charity with one another, so what about that?”

The church considers all sex, including homosexual, sinful, if it is not in Catholic marriage. So the pope really wasn’t saying anything new — let alone newsworthy.

What’s more, the Catholic Church doctrine says gay people must be welcomed into the church and treated with respect, even if their homosexual acts are considered “intrinsically disordered.”

This has been said before by the church. In 2021, the Vatican’s doctrinal office decreed that the church could not bless same-sex unions because “God cannot bless sin.”

Francis expressed support in 2020 for a mechanism to allow same-sex marriages. “What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered,” Francis stated in the documentary: “Francesco,” which debuted at the Rome Film Festival, noting he views gay people as children of God. “I stood up for that,” The New York Times reported.

His declaration that homosexuality was not a crime is not the first. The pope condemned some laws that consider homosexuality a criminal and suggested that bishops from such countries undergo a process. “conversion” To help them accept LGBTQ people into their ministry “with tenderness.”

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